Five katyusha rockets have crashed into a river bank near the US embassy in Iraq capital's heavily fortified Green Zone without causing any injuries, a statement from US Joint Operations Command has said.
Three of the five rockets fired on Sunday "directly hit the US embassy" in Baghdad, the AFP news agency quoting a security source said, including one that slammed into a cafe at dinner time.
It was the third such attack on the US embassy this month, which came amid thousands of students flooding the Iraqi streets to keep up their anti-government movement despite a crackdown.
The Sunday attack was the first time a direct hit on the US embassy was reported. The perpetrators were not immediately known.
Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi swiftly condemned the attack in a statement, calling it an "aggression" that could "drag Iraq into becoming a war zone".
One killed, more than 100 wounded
Meanwhile, one protester was killed in Baghdad, police sources told Reuters news agency, and more than 100 demonstrators were hurt in the violence in the capital and several other cities after the security forces tried to clear sit-in protest camps, medical sources said.
Other medical sources said 75 of those hurt were in the southern city of Nassariya, where a Reuters witness said protesters set fire to two security vehicles and hundreds of other demonstrators controlled key bridges in the city.
The protesters are demanding the removal of what they consider a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference in Iraqi politics, especially by Iran. (Read More)
